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Dr. Oz warns foreign nationals may be tied to US hospice fraud, points to LA as hotspot

Networks of foreign nationals may be linked to U.S. hospice fraud, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz warned Wednesday in a FOX Business special, pointing to one major city as a key area of concern."You have to ask yourself exactly how many people are actually dying in Los Angeles," Oz told host David Asman."[There are] almost 2,000 hospices in LA County. We believe half of them could be fraudulent, and the reason for this is because Los Angeles and the state of California, who regulates these hospices, was tolerant."Oz continued, accusing state and local...